Helen‘s sister and Agamemnon‘s wife. She killed him when he came home from Troy, in revenge for Iphigenia.
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The story
Daughter of Leda and sister of Helen, married to Agamemnon. While he was at Troy she ruled Mycenae, never forgiving him for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia, and took his cousin Aegisthus as her lover.
How it ends
She welcomed Agamemnon home over purple cloth, then killed him in his bath with Cassandra. Years later her son Orestes returned and killed her.
Still with us today
Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, the only complete Greek tragic trilogy to survive, begins with her triumph and ends with Orestes‘ trial.
Family
- Parents: Tyndareus, Leda
- Partners: Agamemnon, Aegisthus
- Children: Iphigenia, Orestes, Electra
- Siblings: Castor, Polydeuces, Helen
Appears in
Read about them in the Library
- Odyssey 3: Nestor at Pylos
- Library of Apollodorus 13: Sparta, Troy and the children of Atlas
- Library of Apollodorus 18: Epitome: the homecomings and Odysseus
Ancient sources
- Aeschylus (tragedies)
- Homer, Odyssey